cured - im jaebum [sequel]

three

it had only been one week since subin started working, but that meant a whole week of a boring dolt of a driver. no matter what subin would do, she would never get a reaction from him. wasn't the weather oddly hot for this time of year? a grunt. traffic sure is bad today, huh? yeah. do you have any kids? yes.

subin understood that it takes a certain type of crazy person to be in a good mood early in the morning, and she was one of those people, so she initially thought that that was the reason that he wouldn't talk to her. but the more she thought about it, the more it didn't add up as to why he wouldn't talk to her after she got off of work in the afternoon.

"jaebum," subin whined, following her boyfriend around the house before she had to go to work. "please don't make me ride in the back with him. i can't stand the awkward air."

"oh, it can't be that bad," jaebum shrugged off her complaints, putting cream cheese on a bagel.

"it is though! i don't think he's said more than three words to me at a time. jaebum, please do something." she was aware that she sounded like a spoiled brat, but she really didn't care at this point.

jaebum shoved half of the bagel in subin's mouth to make her stop whining, "he's gotten you to work in one piece so far, hasn't he?" subin nodded. "then what's the problem?"

"i think he might deliberately crash the car if i ask him more questions."

"then don't ask him questions."

"but i want to make friends, jaebum," subin groaned.

"i'll tell you what," jaebum said, raking a hand through his hair. "i need some new jeans. i'll take you to work today, but only because i need the jeans and not because i'm whipped, okay?"

subin did a little victory dance as she started toward the door, jaebum following behind her, shaking his head in disbelief at how childish she can be at times. she happily skipped to his car in the driveway, bouncing on the balls of her feet as she awaited her driver.

"how old are you again?" jaebum asked as they got into the car.

"a couple of months older than you, why?" subin responded. she watched the quiet houses pass as they drove by, the residents still not awake on this early saturday.

jaebum shook his head, "still trying to figure out how to make you call me oppa."

he didn't have to look at subin to feel her laser like glare burning into the side of his head. he gave her a toothy smile, trying to make up for his inappropriate remark.

"i'd smack you, but i don't want you to crash the car."

"i appreciate that subin. you're really such a sweetheart," jaebum said dryly.

unlike the previous car rides with her boring dolt of a driver, the ride to work went a lot quicker and smoother with jaebum. they actually had a conversation instead of subin's persistent questions and a short response. 

jaebum parked in a parking garage and walked with subin to her workplace. he tried to slyly slip his hand into subin's as they walked down the sidewalk, but he knew he didn't succeed as he saw her scrunched up face.

"what are you doing?"

"holding your hand."

"why?"

"because we're dating."

"so?"

jaebum let out a huff, "i want to be cute, subin. is that so much to ask?"

subin pressed her lips into a straight line and let out a hum, "i suppose not. carry on."

jaebum didn't get to carry on for long, as it only took a couple more minutes to get to the shop. as soon as they walked in, the bell dinged, and an echo of voices greeted her, most of them being male. subin gave them all a big wave and smile before letting go of jaebum's hand and disappearing into a back room with a tall male. 

sehun let out a low whistle at the look jaebum gave taehyung as he walked into the storage room with subin. jaebum mumbled out a few choice words as he went to look at the selection of jeans.

"i see you brought your sugar daddy today," taehyung teased subin, sorting plain v necks into colors.

subin rolled her eyes and threw a shirt at him, "he's not my sugar daddy."

"from what sehun was telling me," taehyung said with a waggling eyebrow, "he has sugar daddy tendencies. the first time he met you, he had bout you what, twenty bags of stuff? a macbook and the new iphone too? damn, i need me one of those."

"the iphone 8?"

"no, a sugar daddy."

subin couldn't help the belly laugh that escaped her mouth, quickly covering her open mouth with her hand and taehyung smiled proudly at his joke. subin removed her hand to continue working, but giggles kept spilling out of her mouth.

jaebum heard the familiar jubilant laugh across the store. his senses were heightened at this point, trying to follow the sound of muffled giggles to get to the source.

he turned a corner and saw the open door to the stockroom. peeking around as to not to be seen, he saw subin up on a step ladder, getting a box down from a high shelf. the man that he didn't know was standing behind her with his hands on the small of her back.

jaebum was seeing red as he walked around the corner, marching into the room while he heard a deep voice go, "sir, you can't go in there!" behind him. he didn't care as he stomped closer and closer to the guy who had his filthy hands on his girlfriend. his jaw was jutted forward, breathing deeply out of his nose like a bull.

the closer he got to the two, his anger faded into relief and then embarrassment as he saw the reality of the situation. the guy didn't have his hands on subin; they were actually resting on a nearby pole, but the angle that jaebum was at made it look like he was touching subin. his fast, jealous walking skittered to a halt until he was a couple of feet away from the two, looking confused as to why he was there.

"jaebum, you can't be back here. what do you need?" subin asked, stepping down from the ladder. 

"i was just," his eyes kept glancing to taehyung who was behind subin, "i needed your opinion on something."

subin followed jaebum's rapid glances and looked behind her to see taehyung now initiated in a staredown with jaebum. she let out a loud sigh at the amount of testosterone in the room.

"jaebum, this is my coworker, taehyung. taehyung, this is my boyfriend jaebum."

taehyung's eyebrows shot up, the intimidating, hard stare now disappeared now that he realized who was standing in front of him.

"it's nice to meet you," taehyung politely bowed, but jaebum didn't return it.

"what was it that you needed my opinion on?" subin asked, oblivious to the intense jealous aura radiating off of jaebum.

"are these jeans nice?" he asked, lifting up the pair of jeans that he thankfully had in his hand still.

subin inspected them, and he admired how her hair fell out of her loose ponytail. the hairs framed her face perfectly, and he pushed a couple of strands away that were stuck in her eyelashes.

"yeah, they're nice. the most expensive pair we have in the whole store, but nice!" subin gave her approval of the jeans that jaebum didn't even really like in the first place, but they were a very convenient scapegoat for him. subin grabbed his size out of a box that was on the shelf that she was just up on, and gave it to him.

"thanks, babe," jaebum said, pressing a kiss to her temple, looking directly at taehyung as he did so. when she was fully down on the ground, jaebum gently cupped her jaw and guided her face to his, pressing a long, warm kiss to her lips. "i'll see you back at home when you get off."

subin nodded cheerily, oblivious and innocent to what expect when she got home.

~

wink wonk lololol

you probably know what to expect in the next chapter now 

you've been warned

ALSO THIS WAS NOT EDITED CUT YO GIRL SOME SLACK IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK I'VE HAD A HOMECOMING HANGOVER FOR LIKE 4 DAYS NOW